Look up: perestroika

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   perestroika
   [n] - an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union
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   perestroika
   In Soviet politics, the wide-ranging economic and political reforms initiated from 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev, finally leading to the demise of the Soviet Union. Originally, in the economic sphere,...
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   perestroika
   noun an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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   Perestroika
   `Perestroika` (, ) is the Russian term (now used in English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1985 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Its literal meaning is `restructuring`, referring to the restructuring of the Soviet economy.
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   perestroika
   (from the article `Union of Soviet Socialist Republics`) Perestroika concentrated initially on economic reform. Enterprises were encouraged to become self-financing, cooperatives were set up by groups of ... ...a market economy with the dictatorship of the Communist Party in China during the 1980s and `90s. In fact, the Soviet leader Mi...
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   perestroika
   perestroika (pur'estroy'ku) , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika [restructuring] was the term attached to the attempts (1985–91) by Mikhail Gorbachev to transform the stagnant, inefficient command economy of the Soviet Union into a decentralized market-ori...
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